It wouldn’t surprise me if St. John’s city council had an emergency vote on roof repairs for Mile One because KISS blew the lid off the place Sunday night.

I joke, of course, but if there ever was a show to wreck the rafters and release the rivets, it was this one.

There were explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.

And lots and lots of pyro.

And a whole lot of other things that made it a one-of-a-kind, over-the-top rock spectacle.

The band landed on stage playing on a monstrous mechanical spider that did all sorts things throughout the show.

They kicked it off with the song “Psycho Circus” and proceeded to rock ‘n’ roll all nite, delivering a set that mixed most of their popular stuff with a few new ones.

While the music rocked, but was not for everyone, the show wowed the entire audience, which included bassist Gene Simmons’ wife, Newfoundland-born Shannon Tweed, and their daughter, Sophie Tweed-Simmons.

Besides the explosions, guitars fired like guns, singer/guitarist Paul Stanley sailed over the crowd, and Simmons ascended to the rafters atop the spider, spitting blood and singing his signature “God of Thunder.”

And that’s just the bottom of the platform boot.

The show was packed with too many things to list.

A colleague who saw KISS’s first show at Mile One Saturday night rightly described it as “a comic book come to life, the rock concerts of old, revived.”

KISS ended that revival with a blizzard of confetti, more explosions, and the song “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

When the band said goodnight, there was a huge sign at the back of the stage that said something to the effect of “KISS loves St. John’s.”

Judging from the smiles on the faces of the crowd after the show, St. John’s loved KISS, too.

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Michael

August 08, 2013 - 17:22

Kiss is a classic rock band. Maybe some of the other classic rock artists should be encouraged to play the area too such as Joan Jett, Lita Ford, The Go Go's now that would be a change if some more classic female artists played too. Almost forgot about Heart too, you got to love the Wilson sisters they are classic rockers too. I'm not suprised at all so
many people enjoyed Kiss because they always give it all they got on stage.

kiss is the greatest band in the world...i love those guys since 1978.
i have the happiest night ever when the band play in my country CHILE
april 3 2009...the experience was unforgetable!!! sorry for my english.love you all.

I went to the August 3rd show...and all I can say is that it was AWESOME...lights, smoke, flames, explosions & of course the music. I have seen several different performers over the years and nothing compared to this...safe to say that the KISS ARMY is alive and well in Newfoundland!!!

HBG

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